Preschool Simi Valley: Emergent Literacy Skills in Preschool, continued

Preschool Simi Valley has updated their curriculum to facilitate learning in elementary school.

Preschool Simi Valley: Although there are countless examples of preschoolers learning how to read, most of the instruction in early childhood education focuses on pre-reading and pre-writing or emergent literacy skills. These precursors to actual reading and writing develop through cognitively challenging talk, exposure to rare words, shared book reading, reading to students using dialogic reading techniques, play, and use of playful activities to stimulate learning. A study was conducted to evaluate preschool emergent literacy learning activities and determine how they affect student outcomes. Researchers found that small group, teacher led, specific literacy instruction was most effective in teaching alphabet naming, letter-word recognition, and vocabulary growth.

Because of new understanding about preschool Simi Valley education and the significant differences from traditional preschool curriculum, more research is needed in this area to support and educate early childhood teachers and determine a set of ‘best practices’ that will make an impact on the reading scores of fourth graders. Educational experts write that there are several emergent literacy skills acquired in preschool and kindergarten that are consistent predictors of later reading success. It is clear that preschool teachers need to do more than “teach” social and emotional skills to do their part in boosting standardized test scores in public school. Teachers at Leap & Bound Academy in Simi Valley do this consistently year after year. Call for a tour today.